What are the best works written for cello ... For many years through the Baroque and early Classical eras, the cello was the hard-working bass instrument of small ensembles, grounding the harmony and ...

From Camille Saint-Saëns to Maria Theresia von Paradis, here are the most relaxing pieces of classical music composed for the cello. ‘The Swan’ from Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals is one of the ...

This next Best of YouTube ... of performing metal classics on non-metal instruments. In this captivating clip, Scallon attacks System of a Down's 'Aerials' on the cello. System of a Down's ...

Latvian cellist Margarita Balanas introduces us to the soulful world of the cello, exploring its rich sound, expressive range, and key role in classical music. Filmed at the Royal Albert Hall for ...

Anthony Tommasini, Times chief classical music critic Even when the cello moves into its high register, the sound seems to emanate from a deep, russet realm. That quality comes through sublimely ...

JOSHUA BARONE Bach: Complete Cello Suites (Transcribed for Violin); Johnny Gandelsman, violin (In a Circle) From the beginning of this movement, ornamented with the insouciance of folk music ...

Large passages where the orchestra doesn't play turn the cello into a solitary roamer. Julian Lloyd Webber, whose rendition of the piece has been deemed the best by some critics, describes how ...

The program also included the world premiere of a sweet-toned, though somewhat long-winded cello concerto by Chinese ... Kosman is the Chronicle’s former classical music critic.